On February 28th, 2008, Jelani Deleston,
the four-year-old daughter of New Orleans,
LA rapper Juvenile (pictured above), was
murdered, along with her mother, 39-year-old
Joy Deleston and sister, 11-year-old Micaiah
Alique in their Lawrenceville, GA home. The
three victims were gunned down by Joy
Deleston’s son, 17-year-old Anthony Tyrone
Terrell; a motive for the killings still has not
been determined.
Juvenile’s manager, Aubrey Francis, released a
statement to the media on the rapper’s behalf
saying, “It really shocked him and devastated
him to the point where I’ve never seen him
before.” According to reports, Juvenile did not
attend funeral services in James Island, SC,
because he did not want to distract attention
away from the ceremony with additional media attention. He was photographed performing later that night in Augusta, GA.
In a letter from prison, the uncle of Juvenile’s
daughter speaks out on the rapper’s relationship with his daughter, or lack thereof, and
accuses the rapper of using his daughter’s
death to gain sympathy from the public.